Claim · model-written summary
Annual radial increment varied between trees with growing season length and growth rate.
- Taxon
- Terminalia ivorensisTerminalia ivorensist0
- Material
- individual treese0
- Outcome
- annual radial incremente0
- Qualifier
- differences in the length of the growing season and the rate of growth during that periode0
Not reportedGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Verbatim
t0“Terminalia ivorensis”
e0“Variation in annual radial increment between individual trees was observed to be due both to differences in the length of the growing season and the rate of growth during that period”
Title
Seasonal Variation in Radial Growth and Phloem Activity of Terminalia ivorensis A. Chev
S. ROGERS Annals of Botany 1981. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086057
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- Observation The growing season lasted 7–9 months.
- Observation Sieve element diameters were smallest during the dry season.
- Observation Width of phloem tissue showing definitive callose was fairly constant year round.
- Observation The open-pore zone was widest in September and narrowest in March.
- Observation Cambial activity peaked in April at bud break and again in September.
- Observation Phloem exudate sugar concentration varied through the year, highest in March and lowest in May.